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Nicholas Mokwena
  • UDC reject Constitutional Bill

    The Umbrella for Democratic Change will at the end of the Second Reading of the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill propose for the Bill to be subjected to a Special Select Committee.This was said by the Leader of Opposition, Dithapelo Keorapetse this...

  • State finances president's expensive hobbies - Keorapetse

    Leader of Opposition, Dithapelo Keorapetse says they have noted the arrival of breeding cattle and dairy goats from Australia procured by President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his administration.He said this is a testimony that contemporary Botswana is a...

  • Suspended DIS legal director refusing with Khama, Kgosi docket

    Pulane Kgoadi - one of the suspended officers of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) who is the director legal - is accused of refusing to hand over documents relating to investigations against former President Ian Khama and former DIS...

  • Husband, co-accused found guilty of murdering sister-in-law

    Justice Michael Leburu has convicted two murder accused persons for the September 2015 murder of Thato Meswele in Oodi.According to the charge sheet, the duo Ernest Legwale and Hamadi Mkhuha and another not before court, on or about the 10th...

  • Media too broke to address environmental issues

    Addressing environmental threats requires a paradigm shift, yet media houses remain financially constrained, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA- Botswana Chapter) Chairperson Thomas Nkhoma has said.Speaking during the commemoration of World...

  • Justice Dr Kebonang sticks to his guns

    Justice Dr Zein Kebonang has disclosed that consultancy work was permissible when he was an Acting Judge.This was because he remained an employee of Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) notwithstanding his appointment as Acting Judge...

  • Choppies CEO accuses PwC of smear campaign

    The P450 million legal battle between Pricewatercooperhouse-Botswana (PwC) and auditing Partner Rude Binedell against Choppies Enterprises Limited major shareholders continues to spill a can of worms on the two parties.Ramalepa Attorneys representing...

  • BNF’s Motshegwa finally gets the nod

    The Botswana National Front (BNF) Central Committee has confirmed that its Secretary General Ketlhalefile Motshegwa will be a parliamentary candidate for Mmadinare constituency representing the party under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).In...

  • BOFEPUSU hopeful on the review of labour laws

    The country’s labour movement continues to face challenges despite the improved labour relations, president of the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU), Gotlamang Oitsile has said.He stated that as they...

  • UDC auctioned Mahalapye East- Saleshando

    President of the Botswana Congress Party Dumelang Saleshando has accused Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) of auctioning Mahalapye East Constituency.According to Saleshando people of Mahalapye East are currently left without a Member of Parliament...

  • Govt aims to reduce problem gambling

    Government is working tirelessly through the Gambling Authority to reduce the prevalence of problem gambling that currently stands at five percent.Minister of Trade and Industry, Mmusi Kgafela said at the launch of the Gambling Authority (GA)'s...

  • Minister Autlwetse neglected his duties - Khama

    Former President Ian Khama says the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kgotla Autlwetse has ignored his duties to appoint Motshwaralela Bogosi Ba Gammangwato.He said having failed, neglected and refused to perform his statutory duty...

  • BCP promises public health reforms

    Botswana Congress Party (BCP) says it will build a robust and efficient standards-based health system that guarantees all access to first rate comprehensive health care services as an urgent priority.Member of Parliament for Sefhare-Ramokgonami, Dr...

  • Justice Kebonang hits back

    Justice Dr Zein Kebonang says the allegations that he authored Justice Boipuso Makhwe's ruling of the 24 November 2021 are outright false and a fabrication by the Applicants, Peter Collins and/or Mboki Chilisa.“I did not have a copy of it nor...

  • Inside North-west regional wars

    The failure by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to secure candidates for Maun East is not a coincidence but a result of the longstanding factional wars of the party in the North West Region.The party has never had peace in the region post...

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